[…]a beginning! We’ve met many challenges to get where we are, but we have so many more to overcome. Your support has made our accomplishments (and survival!) possible. With your continued support we will meet our continuing goals, such as fully realizing HWCC/bax as a teaching wildlife hospital, and helping to bring a greater level of compassion to bear on our wild neighbors, and thereby reduce the need for our services. It’s a dream. It’s a dream you can help make real. Please donate today and let’s help make certain that the next ten years brings us closer to our […]
[…]entangled in plastic of some sort, especially fishing line and plastic bags. I’ve seen necropsies of birds with plastic in their stomachs. Over time I realized my plastic purchasing behaviors were harming the birds I was trying to save. Something inside me changed and now I can’t even look at a piece of plastic without remembering that it will be around forever and might end up in the belly of a majestic Laysan albatross or a tiny Red-necked phalarope someday. It informs a lot of decisions about how I live and drives my friends and family crazy. Plastic waste fills […]
[…]We’ll have more on rat poisons soon. Did Your Pot Kill a Hawk? expect to see this in the coming months! Bird Ally X poster promoting rodenticide-free […]
[…]of the assistance that the OWCN and HSU provided. Their help made this response much easier. All of the patients in care from this incident are now housed outdoors in aviaries with access to water. Sunday and Monday, the patients who had been identified with medical problems were seen by Dr. Shannon Riggs, BAX veterinarian – fortunately there are only five or so birds on medications for wounds not related to the contamination. On a less fortunate note, there have been reports of “wet” pelicans at Trinidad Harbor, and one wet pelican was captured at Shelter Cove, but died before […]
We live in a time when normal cycles are thrown off kilter; when our climate is unpredictable and in its place all we have is the weather. But amid all this uncertainty, one thing is certain: the Wild still struggles to survive and thrive, even if the world has gone mad. Adult animals still raise their young each Spring, and likewise our human-built world still presents them the usual challenges. Mother raccoons are still trapped and their babies orphaned. House cats still kill birds who leave behind a clutch of hungry nestlings. Ducklings still get separated from their mother when […]
[…]rolled in the surf is not going to recover from this dilemma alone. And that’s where our community comes in. People on the beaches, or in the parks, or even driving along the roads of our region will find geese in trouble, often doing what they can to capture and bring the goose to our clinic in Bayside. Other times people call us and we go out to find the goose. We don’t always find the wild goose on these chases, but usually we do.Upon admission each goose is given a physical exam and treated for many of the basic […]
[…]of DVDs which we will happily sell for $25 or offer free with any membership pledge of $50. (Become a member!) UPDATE! We have no more Judy Irving signed copies. Also, we have a small number of DVDs signed by Judy Irving as well as Monte Merrick and Laura Corsiglia which we are offering to the first 4 donations to Bird Ally X of […]
Early January 2013 late Autumn […]